Hint vs. Suggest — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Hint and Suggest
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Hint
A slight or indirect indication or suggestion
He has given no hint of his views
Suggest
Put forward for consideration
I suggest that we wait a day or two
‘Maybe you ought to get an expert,’ she suggested
Ruth suggested a holiday
Hint
A small piece of practical information or advice
Handy hints on saving energy in your home
Suggest
Cause one to think that (something) exists or is the case
Finds of lead coffins suggested a cemetery north of the river
The temperature wasn't as tropical as the bright sunlight may have suggested
Hint
Suggest or indicate something indirectly or covertly
He hinted that the sale might be delayed
The Minister hinted at a possible change of heart
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Suggest
To offer for consideration or action; propose
Suggest things for children to do.
Suggested that we take a walk.
Hint
A slight indication or intimation
Wanted to avoid any hint of scandal.
Suggest
To express or say indirectly
The police officer seemed to be suggesting that the death was not an accident.
Hint
A brief or indirect suggestion; a tip
Stock-trading hints.
Suggest
To make evident indirectly; intimate or imply
A silence that suggested disapproval.
Hint
A statement conveying information in an indirect fashion; a clue
Give me a hint about the big news.
Suggest
To bring or call to mind by logic or association; evoke
A cloud that suggests a mushroom.
A ringlike symbol suggesting unity.
Hint
A barely perceptible amount
Just a hint of color.
Suggest
To serve as or provide a motive for; prompt or demand
Such a crime suggests apt punishment.
Hint
(Archaic) An occasion; an opportunity.
Suggest
(transitive) To imply but stop short of explicitly stating (something).
Are you suggesting that I killed my wife?
Hint
To express or state indirectly
She hinted that she might prefer our company to theirs.
Suggest
(transitive) To cause one to suppose (something); to bring to one's mind the idea (of something).
The name "hamburger" suggests that hamburgers originated from Hamburg.
Hint
To indicate or make evident in an indirect manner
"The diversity of observations hinted that they had no common origin" (Carl Sagan).
Suggest
(transitive) To explicitly mention (something) as a possibility for consideration, often to recommend it
He suggests that we celebrate with dinner at Bellissimo.
He suggests our celebrating with dinner at Bellissimo.
The guidebook suggests that we visit the local cathedral, which is apparently beautiful.
Hint
To give a hint
Wouldn't hint at the true purpose of the meeting.
Suggest
To seduce; to prompt to evil; to tempt.
Hint
A clue.
I needed a hint to complete the crossword.
Suggest
To introduce indirectly to the thoughts; to cause to be thought of, usually by the agency of other objects.
Some ideas . . . are suggested to the mind by all the ways of sensation and reflection.
Hint
An implicit suggestion that avoids a direct statement.
He gave me a hint that my breath smelt.
Suggest
To propose with difference or modesty; to hint; to intimate; as, to suggest a difficulty.
Hint
A small, barely detectable amount.
There was a hint of irony in his voice.
I could taste a hint of lemon in my iced water.
Suggest
To seduce; to prompt to evil; to tempt.
Knowing that tender youth is soon suggested.
Hint
(computing) Information in a computer-based font that suggests how the outlines of the font's glyphs should be distorted in order to produce, at specific sizes, a visually appealing pixel-based rendering; an instance of hinting.
This font does not scale well to small sizes; the hints for the 10-point letter 'g' still need work.
Suggest
To inform secretly.
Hint
(databases) An instruction to the database engine as to how a query should be executed, for example whether to use an index or not.
Suggest
To make suggestions; to tempt.
And ever weaker grows through acted crime,Or seeming-genial, venial fault,Recurring and suggesting still.
Hint
(obsolete) An opportunity; occasion; fit time.
Suggest
Make a proposal, declare a plan for something
Hint
(intransitive) To imply without a direct statement; to provide a clue.
She hinted at the possibility of a recount of the votes.
Suggest
Imply as a possibility;
The evidence suggests a need for more clarification
Hint
(transitive) To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner.
To hint a suspicion
Suggest
Drop a hint; intimate by a hint
Hint
(transitive) To develop and add hints to a font.
The typographer worked all day on hinting her new font so it would look good on computer screens.
Suggest
Suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine;
Tetracycline is indicated in such cases
Hint
To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner; as, to hint a suspicion.
Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike.
Suggest
Call to mind or evoke
Hint
To make an indirect reference, suggestion, or allusion; to allude vaguely to something.
We whisper, and hint, and chuckle.
Hint
A remote allusion; slight mention; intimation; insinuation; a suggestion or reminder, without a full declaration or explanation; also, an occasion or motive.
Our hint of woeIs common.
The hint malevolent, the look oblique.
Hint
An indirect suggestion;
Not a breath of scandal ever touched her
Hint
A slight indication
Hint
A slight but appreciable addition;
This dish could use a touch of garlic
Hint
A just detectable amount;
He speaks French with a trace of an accent
Hint
An indication of potential opportunity;
He got a tip on the stock market
A good lead for a job
Hint
Drop a hint; intimate by a hint
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